Welcome to my home in Dantomba. I am
Roger’ and I have lived here all of my life. My father is an elder in
this village and someday I will take his place. Carl is showing us some
pictures of his farm and trying to explain what snow is. There is no
word in the Toura language for snow. Steve is having a hard time
explaining it to us. Just as I have never seen snow, Carl has never
watched a coffee harvest. Follow us along as we climb up in these hills
to see how this crop is harvested. It is about a mile up this trail.

It is considered woman’s work to carry
things. They carry wood, water, bananas, and other things. They learn
how to balance loads on their heads when they are small children.

This is a cocoa bean pod. Cocoa and
coffee provide most of the income for our people. The cocoa beans are
taken out of the pods and allowed to dry so we can sell them in town.

We have a lot of these big tall trees in
this forest. Some of these trees are very sacred to us and we worship
them.

We have finally arrived at the place
where they are picking the coffee beans. The owner of these trees is
Robert’. He also owns several rice fields. He is a very important man in
our village and we must get his permission to take pictures of this
harvest.

The men strip the beans from the trees
and collect them on mats. This is the only part of the job that the men
do. The women then pick out the leaves and twigs from the pile, put the
beans in a basket, and carry them to a big pile. Robert’ carefully
supervises this harvest and takes good care of his workers.

We have been here long enough…the men are
beginning to show off in front of the camera and not getting their work
done.

We stop for a drink at this small stream
and on back down the trail.

The women will carry the coffee beans
back down this trail. It is their job to carry things. Men have more
important things to do.

It will take us about ˝ hour to walk back
down this trail to the village.

After the beans are carried to the
village, they must be dried…a process that requires several days. This
first pile is the fresh beans that were brought down from the field
today. When they are finally dried, they turn hard and black. A man from
the city will bring a machine to hull the beans. Then we will finally be
paid for our harvest of the coffee beans.

(Epilogue)

Roger’ will someday become a leader in this village. He now has some
understanding of what snow is and how one must prepare for cold weather
… but Roger’ has little or no understanding of who Jesus is and the
difference He will make in his life,,, and the life of this village of
Dantomba.

…Pray that Steve and Susan will be able to show him Jesus … just as
Roger’ has shown Steve and I the coffee harvest.

…Pray that Roger’ will become a Christian leader in this village of
Dandomba.

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